Denville blog

 Former President Jimmy Carter was about to be discharged from a hospital in Ohio after spending two days in the hospital for a viral infection that doctors said was the likely cause of an upset stomach.

The secretive North Korean regime mentioned yesterday for the first time Kim Jong-un to announce that the third son of so-called Dear Leader, Kim Jong-il, has been appointed to the Central Committee of the Workers Party and vice president of the powerful National Defense Commission (NDC). Kim Jong-un, 27, and no political experience, stands as heir to the only communist dynasty and takes the reins of a country with nuclear weapons and plunged into a financial crisis that threatens to destabilize it.
Kim Jong-il, 68, whose physical deterioration is increasingly evident from the stroke he suffered in August 2008 general climbed on Monday his son Jong-a and five others, including his only sister Kim Kyong -hui. This and her husband, Jang Song-taek, vice president appointed last June to the CRC, is the anointed heir guardians and guarantors of the transition.

The death toll in Jamaica because of the Storm "Nicole", who on Wednesday cleared, rose today to 12, the latest casualty figures released by the authorities of the island.

The Amnesty International (AI) said today that he is "dismayed" by the "limited" measures adopted Wednesday by the European Commission (EC) against France for the expulsion of Roma, has reported a statement.

Candidates for the Presidency of Brazil fight every vote Thursday in the main cities and in a televised debate, the last day of campaigning for Sunday's elections, which the ruling Dilma Rousseff comes as a clear favorite.

The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, was wounded during riots in Quito on Thursday following a demonstration by security forces and is in the hospital, according to the daily El Universo. "